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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Louisa Burns-Bisogno to Jason Carter
Sheila Burrell Biography (1922-)
Born May 9, 1922, in Blackheath, London, England; daughter of John and Mary Ethel (maiden name, Hutchinson) Burrell; married Laurence Payne (divorced); married David Sim.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- May 9, 1922
- London, United Kingdom
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- Patsy, The Patsy, 1942
- Judy, The Bread-Winner, Arts Theatre, London, 1944
- Katherine, The Taming of the Shrew, Liverpool, England, 1944
- Rose, The Rest Is Silence, Prince of Wales's Theatre, London, 1944
- Sonja, Happily Ever After?, Chanticleer Theatre, 1944
- Celestine, An Italian Straw Hat, Arts Theatre, 1945
- Maia Rubeck, When We Dead Awaken, Chanticleer Theatre, 1945
- Rosetta, Leonce and Lena, 1945
- Bathsheba, Jonathon, Dundee Theatre, 1947
- Mrs. Rosenberg, Smith, 1947
- Gilda, Design for Living, Croydon Theatre, then Embassy Theatre, 1948
- Judy, The Shining Hour, Croydon Theatre, then Embassy Theatre, 1948
- Louka, Arms and the Man, Croydon Theatre, then Embassy Theatre, 1948
- Barbara Allen, Dark of the Moon, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre and Ambassadors' Theatre, both London, and Mars Theatre, all 1949
- Elizabeth, Fit for Heroes, Embassy Theatre, 1949
- Clara, The Man with the Umbrella, Duchess Theatre, London, 1950
- Margot, The Typewriter, Watergate Theatre, London, 1950
- Letticia, The Watchman, Q Theatre, 1951
- She, Happy and Glorious, New Bolton's Theatre, 1951
- Curley's wife, Of Mice and Men, Bristol Old Vic Company, London, 1951-1952
- Juliette, Traveler without Luggage, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1951-1952
- Perpetua, Venus Observed, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1951-1952
- Rosaline, Love's Labour's Lost, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1951-1952
- Linda Cooper, Sweet Madness, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1952
- Rosina, The Herald Angels, Embassy Theatre, 1953
- Aimee, Finishing School, Q Theatre, 1954
- Elizabeth Glossop, Lola, Strand Theatre, London, 1954
- Gonreil, King Lear, Bristol Old Vic Company, London, 1956
- Sedra, Dark Halo, Arts Theatre, 1959
- Joanne, The Warm Peninsula, Connaught Theatre, Worthing, England,1960
- Honor Klein, The Severed Head, Theatre Royal, Bristol, then Criterion Theatre, London, 1963
- Honor Klein, The Severed Head, Royale Theatre, New York City, 1964
- Shatov, Call Me Jacky, Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England, 1968
- Constance, King John, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1970
- Lucetta, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, then Aldwych Theatre, London, 1970
- Queen Margaret, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1970
- Mrs. James, West of the Suez, Royal Court Theatre, London, then Cambridge Theatre, 1971
- Nora Colerne, The Superannuated Man, Palace Theatre, Watford, England, 1971
- Duchess of Gloucester, Richard II, National Theatre at the Old VicTheatre, London, 1972
- First witch, Macbeth, National Theatre at the Old Vic Theatre, 1972
- Lady Sneerwell, School for Scandal, National Theatre at the Old Vic Theatre, 1972
- Agave, The Bacchae, The Actors Company, 1974-1975
- Madame Giry, The Phantom of the Opera, The Actors Company, 1974-1975
- Madame Pernelle, Tartuffe, The Actors Company, 1974-1975
- Monica, The Last Romantic, The Actors Company, 1974-1975
- Dame Purecraft, Bartholomew Fair, Round House Theatre, London, 1978
- Evelyn, Personal Effects, Soho Poly Theatre, 1979
- Violet Wallis, Last Dance at Dum Dum, New Ambassadors' Theatre, London, 1999
- Also appeared in Abdication,
The Mountains Looking Different, and The Vigil, all Dublin Gate Theatre.
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Major Tours
- Anne Boleyn, The White Falcon, 1950
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Film Appearances
- Janice, The Man in Black, Exclusive, 1949
- Honor, The Rossiter Case, Exclusive, 1950
- Lorna Dawson, Cloudburst, United Artists, 1951
- Joan Forsythe, Colonel March Investigates (also known as Colonel March of Scotland Yard), Criterion, 1952
- Annette, Black Orchid, 1953
- Bates, Women without Men (also known as Blonde Bait), Associated Film, 1956
- Aunt Harriet, Paranoiac, Universal, 1963
- Judge, Hell Is Empty, Rank, 1966
- Emily Galt, The Desperados, 1969
- Miss Porly, Laughter in the Dark (also known as La chambre obscure), 1969
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Joseph Andrews, Paramount, 1977
- Meg, Afraid of the Dark (also known as Double vue), Fine Line, 1991
- Ada Doom, Cold Comfort Farm (theatrical release of the BBC television movie), Gramercy, 1995
- Lady Eston, Jane Eyre (also known as Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre), Miramax, 1996
- Grandma Oliver, The Woodlanders, Miramax, 1997
- Also appeared in The Dawn Killer and Double Jeopardy.
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Television Appearances
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Series
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The Feathered Serpent, Thames Television, 1976 and 1978
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Miniseries
- Lady Rochford, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, BBC-2, 1970 and CBS, 1971
- Princess Myagky, Anna Karenina, 1977
- Miss Beasley, Devices and Desires, Anglia Television, 1991
- Mrs. Greenway, Trial & Retribution III, ITV, 1999
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Movies
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Frost in May, 1982
- Ada Doom, Cold Comfort Farm, BBC, 1995 also released theatricallyby Gramercy, 1995
- Grace, Perfect Strangers, 2001
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Episodic
- Minnim, "The Naked Sun" (also known as "Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun"), Out of the Unknown, BBC-2, 1969
- Mrs. Jupp, "Bizarre," The Avengers, Associated British Picture Corporation, 1969
- Lady Eleanor Benson, "The Tribute," Tales of the Unexpected, Anglia Television, 1983
- Isobel, Brush Strokes, BBC, 1986
- Dr. Baring (the warden), "Gaudy Night," Dorothy L. Sayers' Lord PeterWimsey (also known as A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery and Lord Peter Wimsey), BBC-2, 1987, broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, 1987
- First lady, "Paris, October, 1916," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1993
- Agnes Stubbs, "Blood Relations," Hetty Winthropp Investigates, BBCand PBS, 1997
- Rose Brennan, "For Interest Only," The Bill, Thames Television andYorkshire Television, 1998
- Agnes Spencer, "Mother's Day," Casualty, BBC, 1999
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SIDELIGHTS
- Burrell told CTFT: "My favorite roles include Barbara Allen in Dark of the Moon; Honor Klein in The Severed Head; and Queen Margaret in Richard III."
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